Gabriel146;s Aum

The entirety of a human life is a preparation for the final examination at death. A man, suddenly finding himself at death8217;s door, revi...

The entirety of a human life is a preparation for the final examination at death. A man, suddenly finding himself at death8217;s door, reviews in a flash the thoughts and desires and habits of his entire life. He is quickly invaded by one overwhelming feeling or desire, whose nature will be in accordance with the character of his life. He may feel predominantly guilty, for his evil actions; or predominantly happy, because of his good deeds; or predominantly worldly, because of his material activities. Whatever his feeling, it is the determining cause that will lead him to a particular part of the astral worlds and then to another suitable incarnation on earth. 8220;For as he thinketh in his heart, so, is he8221;.

The paramount habit of thought and feeling during a man8217;s years on earth is thus the most important factor on 8220;the day of judgement8221;. The final thought, inexorably produced by the tenor of a lifetime, is indeed the karmic judge that at the sound of 8220;Gabriel8217;s trumpet8221; announces a man8217;s next destination.

Gabriel8217;s trumpet is the sound of the Cosmic Aum that ushers man from the physical body at death. The Aum vibration, being the repository of all creative blueprints, presents to each man at the time of death the self-created pattern of his next existence. A human being leading a meaningless, mechanical existence, or an evil life, little realises that on the last day he will bring judgement upon himself, with a Gabriel8217;s trumpet of karma proclaiming his 8220;fate8221;. If a person is tired of material life or evil habits, why should he continue in that way to the end, only to be required to go on with the same kind of obnoxious living after death? Each man should endeavour to lead a righteous life, that at its termination he will not have a guilty conscience and be reborn among evil-doers.

By practice of non-attachment the yogi dissolves all the inclinations and desires of his heart and remains in continuous ecstasy with the Aum vibration, the expression of God in creation. When death arrives, the yogi finds Gabriel8217;s trumpet, issuing from the Cosmic Aum, ushering him into the transcendental spheres of God. Lahiri Mahasaya Yesu went through this Aum into the Infinite and resurrected himself in a physical body one day after that of his 8220;death8221;!

Extracted from 8216;God Talks with Arjuna8217;, Vol.II